Unlike Indonesia, in the u.s. the fat Instead of the poor

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When the fat is considered as a symbol of Indonesia's prosperity, not just as in America. In America people are obese most precisely comes from socioeconomic circles down the middle. Why is this so?

"The American people are obese (overweight) it tends to be from people who experienced a social inferior, in contrast to those who consider that Indonesia was fat as a symbol of prosperity," explains Prof. Dr. Jose Rizal Latief coal, SpA (K), PhD, is Professor of children's Endocrine-RSCM, in Educational Media event ' Identify types of sugar addition, Index and load Glikemik And its effects on child! ' on The Energy Cafe, JakartaThursday (23/2/2012).

According to Rizal, this is because eating patterns. People from the middle to the top of the social economy are likely to have enough knowledge about health, so can choose foods which are healthy, as well as being able to provide the cost for doing sports such as the gym.

"While the poor people there to eat junk food, because the price is cheaper. If there is junk food is food for people who can't afford, in Indonesia and even junk food that buy rich people, "continued Professor Rizal.

Junk food was chosen because of the practical and quickly full. When junk food proved to contain trans fat (FAT nasty) and high in calories, which could potentially trigger obesity and metabolic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension.

Different things happen in Indonesia. Because it is affected by lifestyle and inedible fat assumption is the epitome of prosperity, overweight even been much happening in children from a family of medium-sized up in Indonesia.

Based on Riskesdas, 2010, there were 19 per cent of children in Jakarta who are obese, who averages derived from economic circles family up high

"Just try it you see to SD in private schools, many children who are obese there. And that needs to be emphasized, on the Chinese there are still many who believe the myth that fat is a symbol of prosperity. So many children are forced to fat. This myth is difficult to be eliminated. When fat is not the source of prosperity, but the source of the disease, "close Prof. Rizal.